- The unexplained is not necessarily unexplainable.
- Fallible interpretations do not mean fallible revelation.
- Understand the context of the passage.
- Interpret difficult passages in the light of clear ones.
- Don't base teachings on obscure passages.
- The Bible is a human book with human characteristics.
- Just because a report is incomplete does not mean it is false.
- New Testament citations of the Old Testament need not always be
exact.
- The Bible does not necessarily approve of all it records.
- The Bible uses non-technical, everyday language.
- The Bible may use round numbers as well as exact numbers.
- Note when the Bible uses different literary devices.
- An error in a copy does not equate to an error in the original.
- General statements don't necesssarily mean universal promises.
- Later revelation supercedes previous revelation.
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